IMMIGRATION LEADERSHIP LUNCHEON - February 8th, 2017 - Panel- Jeff Gorsky, Ur Jaddou and Elizabeth Stevens

IMMIGRATION LEADERSHIP

MONTHLY LUNCHEON SERIES

Presented by

District of Columbia Chapter of the Federal Bar Association and

The Immigration Law Section of the Federal Bar Association

Panel Discussion on Donald Trump’s Executive Orders on Immigration:

• Elizabeth Stevens, Former Assistant Director,District Court Section, Department of Justice-Office of Immigration Litigation
• Ur Jaddou, Former Chief Counsel, USCIS, Department of Homeland Security
• Jeff Gorsky, Former Chief, Advisory Opinions Division, Legal Affairs Section, Visa Office, Bureau of Consular Affairs, U.S. Department of State.

Date:

Wednesday, February 8th, 2017

Time:

11:30am – 1:30pm

Location:

Chinatown Garden Restaurant

618 H Street, NW, Washington, DC

Tel: (202) 737-8887

Topic:

Latest Updates and discussion of Immigration related Executive Orders by President Trump and related immigration issues

Please register online at https://fbaFeb2017immiglunch.eventbrite.com

Space is Limited. Early Registration will close on Monday, February 6th at 5:00pm

If you encounter problems registering, please email Prakash Khatri at prakash@khatrilaw.com

Cost: $8 - FBA DC Chapter and/or FBA Immigration Law Section members

$15 - All Other Federal Bar Association members

$15 - Federal Government Employee Lawyer considering FBA membership

$20 - AILA DC Chapter members

$25 - Private Bar -Non-members (must be admitted to practice law or paralegal /assistant of a Bar Member)

$12 – Law Student (must present current ID)

$12 – Legal Intern working at a government office or Non-Profit Organization and non-profit attorneys

$200 -Law Firm Table for 8 plus recognition --enables a law firm to invite 8 attorneys/ paralegals from the same Law Firm to attend the meeting. Non-profit attorneys that are not firm members can be invited to join at the table. The Law firm will be recognized as a table sponsor for the event.

Questions: If you have any questions or if you are interested in becoming involved with the FBA-DC Chapter or the Immigration Law Section, please contact Prakash Khatri at prakash@khatrilaw.com.

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Schedule

11:30 – 11:55am

Registration and Lunch

11:55am – Noon

Welcome -- Prakash Khatri, Attorney (Washington, DC)

Noon – 12:05pm

Introduction of the Panelists

12:05pm – 1:00pm

Remarks by Panelists and Question and Answer Session

1:00pm – 1:05pm

Closing Remarks

1:05pm – 1:30pm

Informal meet and greet among participants

The Immigration Leadership monthly luncheons are generally held on the Second Wednesday of every month, except in August. The following are dates for future luncheon meetings. Please mark your calendars: March 8th, 2017, April 12th, 2017, May 10th, 2017, June 14th, 2017, July 12, 2017, September 7th, 2017, October 11, 2017, November 8, 2017, December 13th, 2017.

Speaker Bio’s

Jeff Gorsky

Before Jeff Gorsky joined Berry Appleman & Leiden LLP as Senior Counsel, Jeff served as Chief of the Legal Advisory Opinion section of the Visa Office in the Department of State. For over a decade, he led the team and provided legal guidance to consular officers worldwide on visa matters. During his tenure in Washington, DC, Jeff was a trusted advisor to senior policymakers and worked closely with counterparts at the Department of Homeland Security, the Department of Labor, and the Department of Justice. He assisted the Department of Justice on civil and criminal visa matters and testified for the government as an expert witness on visas. He twice earned the State Department’s Superior Honor Award. Jeff also served in various positions at US consulates around the world and, before joining the government, worked as a criminal defense lawyer. As Senior Counsel with Berry Appleman & Leiden LLP Jeff works in the Washington, D.C. office. The government relations group helps to shape immigration policy, regulations and legislation and offers strategic guidance on working with government agencies. Jeff is instrumental in overseeing the firm’s compliance and government affairs practices.

Ur Jaddou

Ur Mendoza Jaddou is currently in private practice. Prior to this, she was the Chief Counsel, USCIS Office of the Chief Counsel. She previously was responsible for developing and executing congressional strategy for the U.S. Department of State, as deputy assistant secretary for the Bureau of Legislative Affairs. Her responsibilities included critical work on the reauthorization of the Iraq special immigrant visa program.

Earlier, Ms. Jaddou served as chief counsel for the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security, U.S. House of Representatives, and as senior counsel to Representative Zoe Lofgren.

Ms. Jaddou is a graduate of the University of California, Los Angeles School of Law and Stanford University.

Elizabeth (Betty) Stevens

Starting in 2008, Ms. Elizabeth (Betty) Stevens served as an Assistant Director with the Office of Immigration Litigation’s (OIL) District Court Section In this capacity, Ms. Stevens became OIL's go-to person on derivative citizenship, naturalization delays, worksite enforcement, visa and visa petition processing, retroactivity issues, pre-final order detention, and the reinstatement process, earning three Civil Division Special Commendation Awards. Earlier with DOJ, Ms. Stevens served as an intern at the Arlington Immigration Court and the Board of Immigration Appeals, and then as an Attorney Advisor with the Arlington Immigration Court before moving to OIL in 2003. On December 31, 2016, Ms. Stevens retired from government service with the Department of Justice. At this time, Ms. Stevens is consulting on immigration and citizenship law and immigration litigation.

Ms. Stevens received her J.D. magna cum laude from George Mason School of Law in 2001, and a B.S. in the Arabic Languages from Georgetown University. Before law school, she absorbed immigration and nationality law through her various stints at U.S. Embassy consular sections in Greece and Ethiopia, the passport office, and private immigration law firms. She was introduced to habeas law during a clerkship with the Eastern District of Virginia.

Ms. Stevens is an active member of the Federal Bar Association, and currently serves as Treasurer for the Immigration Law Section.